Kara Jakubec , LPC

Kara Jakubec is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who supports people navigating uncertainty, life transitions, and questions about purpose, roles, and relationships. She guides clients to identify where they feel stuck, develop practical strategies, and regain a sense of empowerment as they move toward their goals. Many of her clients have faced fear of the unknown, difficulty getting started, or uncertainty about a new life chapter, and she partners with them to find clarity and forward motion.

Kara earned an M.Ed. in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University in 2016 and brings experience across administrative, consulting, and clinical roles in mental health. Her background includes work with families on parenting challenges, provision of substance use counseling and recovery support for veterans and others, and clinical practice focusing on anxiety, depression, motivation, trauma and PTSD, family dynamics, and substance abuse. She has also offered workshops and trainings for business professionals aimed at improving team effectiveness and cohesion.

Her counseling style blends a person-centered philosophy with cognitive techniques and reality therapy, honoring the client as the expert in their own life while helping to set goals and create actionable steps. Kara aims to collaborate with each person to envision a preferred path and provide the counseling support needed to pursue that vision. LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, a credential indicating professional licensure to practice counseling in Texas.